Adjective

(en adjective)

Defying.

*{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)

, chapter=15 citation , passage=She paused and took a defiant breath. ‘If you don't believe me, I can't help it. But I'm not a liar.’ ¶ ‘No,’ said Luke, grinning at her. ‘You're not dull enough!

Boldly resisting opposition.

*2013 June 18, (Simon Romero), " Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders," New York Times (retrieved 21 June 2013):

*:But the demonstrators remained defiant , pouring into the streets by the thousands and venting their anger over political corruption, the high cost of living and huge public spending for the World Cup and the Olympics.

Adjective

(er)

bad-mannered

The girl was so rude to her boyfriend by screaming at him for no reason.

Somewhat obscene, pornographic, offensive.

tough, robust.

undeveloped, unskilled, basic.

* 2 Corinthians 11:6 (KVJ)

But though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge

* (rfdate), Rudyard Kipling, The Conundrum of the Workshops

When the flush of a new-born sun fell first on Eden's green and gold,

Our father Adam sat under the Tree and scratched with a stick in the mould;

And the first rude sketch that the world had seen was joy to his mighty heart,

Till the Devil whispered behind the leaves, "It's pretty, but is it Art?"

* 1767 , Adam Ferguson, An Essay on the History of Civil Society

It might be apprehended, that among rude nations, where the means of subsistence are procured with so much difficulty, the mind could never raise itself above the consideration of this subject

hearty, vigorous; (found particularly in the phrase rude health).